Malabar Woodshrike
Tephrodornis sylvicolaJerdon, TC, 1839
English (US) Malabar Woodshrike
The Malabar Woodshrike (Tephrodornis sylvicola) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Vangidae (Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southwestern India (Western Ghats from Narbada River to Kerala)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tephrodornis sylvicola
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Malabar Woodshrike
- Described by
- Jerdon, TC, 1839
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- T[ephrodornis] Sylvicola
- Described by
- Jerdon, TC, 1839
- Type locality
- Malabar Coast of western India.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 10, no.25 p.236-237
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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